Lighter



D. S. RHODES Aug. 30, 1932.-

LIGHTER Filed April l2 INVENTOR 17a/21e! ,S fwn/6.5

ATTORNEY ...u a 1 u Patented ug. 30, 1,932

DANIEL s. RHODES, or GLovEnsvILLE, NEW Yom:

LIGHTER Y Application led April 12,

This invention relates toV an article ofmanufacture designed for use byhunters, campers and others, for the purpose of starting a fire, origniting inflammable materials, and

which may be used advantageously in windy and rainy or wet weather.

rlhe invention has for'its general obj ect the provision of an articleof the indicated character which may be carried about by hunters,

campers and others without liability of its being rendered uselessbymoisture or dampness, which may be carried with safety, which may beused in a convenient manner to kindle or start arfire, and which will beeffectual in g5 Weather in which ordinary matches or theV like could notbe used successfully.

With the foregoing, and other objects in view, the invention resides inthesparticular combinations, and in the novel construction,

arrangement, and adaptation of the parts, hereinafter fully describedand illustrated ink the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure l is a central longitudinal sectional view through an articlemade in accordance with the invention;

Figure 2 is a view similar to Figure 1, showing the article made readyfor use;

Figure 3 is a cross section on the line 3-,3 of Figure 1. K

In accordance with the invention use is made of an outer tubularcontainer 10 which is waterproof, and which can be cheaply produced fromwrapped paper or rolled cardboard, or equivalent material, having acoating of paraffin, or .paraffin and other substances of awaterproofing character. Suitable inflammable material is arrangedWithin the container, and is in the form of a tube closely fittingwithin the container. This in- 40 flammable tube 11 may consist of atubular Wick or be made of other equivalent material saturated withpitch, resin or other inflammable substance, so as to burn with a flamefor a comparatively long time. A suitable number of ordinary matches 12are inserted in the but 1930. Serial No. 443,804.

tube l1, the latter being a proximately equal in. length to the length othe matches. The tube 11 is shorterthan the container l0. A suitablepacking or wadding of cotton or the like 13 is plugged in each end ofthe container 10, and each endthereof is sealedV by sealing wax 14:' toexclude moisture. The seal 14 in one end is of a color different fromthat in the opposite end of the container, so as to distinguish one endof the container from the other end, whereby a person may know at aglance at which end of the container the heads of the matches occur.

To use `thearticle, the indicated match head end of theV container 10,together with the seal 14 and wadding 13 at that end, is cut oif with ajack knife, and a container is also split lengthwise in order to allowentry of air to make combustion possible, as shown in Figure 2.The-heads of the matches 12 maythen be ignited by striking them with aknife blade container of paper or cardboard, an inliammable tube withinsaidcontainer, matches arranged Within said tube with the pyrophorousheads thereof adjacent one end of said tube for igniting the tube, andmeans sealing each end of the container.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a lighter of the class describedcomprising an inflam- `mable tubular container, asaturated inflammabletube Within said container, matches ar- 1 ranged within said tube withthe pyrophorous The inflammable tube 11 will immediheads thereofadjacent one end of said tube for igniting the tube, and means sealingeach end of the container.

3. As a new article of manufacture, a lighter of the class describedcomprising an infiammable tubular container, a saturated inflammabletube Within said container, matches arranged Within said tubewiththepyrophorous heads thereof adj acent4 one end of said tube forigniting the tube, and means sealing each end of the container, thesealing means at one end of the container indicating that the matchheads occur at that end ofthe container,A

DANIEL S. RHODES.

